Alice Josephine "Jo" Shacklette, 98, of Brandenburg, Ky., died Sunday, June 20, 2010, in Elizabethtown, Ky.

She was born Jan. 7, 1912, in Roberta, Ky., the daughter of the late Wade Hampton and Martha Alice Johnston Shacklette.

Miss Shacklette was well known in recent years for calling into the local radio show, "Edgewise" and telling her views on the world today. She believed in living off the land and living simple.

Miss Shacklette was preceded in death by her sisters, Lorena Shacklette Richard son, Edith Shacklette Haynes; her brothers Dr. C.B. Shacklette, Edward L. Shacklette and Wade H. Shacklette, Jr.